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Frozen in time: Melted wristwatch that stopped when US dropped nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 is set to sell for up to $20,000
A wristwatch which stopped when the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 is set to fetch at least $20,000 (£16,000) at auction. The melted timepiece's hands are frozen at 8.15am, the moment that the bomb - named Little Boy - that had been dropped from B-29 Bomber Enola Gay detonated. The devastating attack on the city in the south-west of Japan in August 1945 caused the deaths of up to 130,000 Japanese men, women and children. According to the seller, who wishes to remain anonymous, the watch was recovered by a British soldier who had been sent to Hiroshima to help provide ... (full story)